Free Artist Talk: Bill Jones and Stefani Threet
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Northern Clay Center is proud to host Bill Jones and Stefani Threet as McKnight Ceramic Artists in Residence this fall. Bill and Stefani bring their own unique perspectives to NCC’s artist studios, where they are working diligently, exploring creative endeavors, and establishing new connections within NCC’s community.
Please join us in welcoming these two spectacular artists as they share about their experiences, artistic practices, and processes through a free artist talk, with time afterward for questions.
A dinosaur kid from rural Pennsylvania who would later drop out of a graduate architecture program to escape a digital future, Bill Jones eventually found his way to North Carolina and to clay. Bill started making pots first at Penland School of Craft and eventually in Seagrove, NC where he apprenticed with potter and sculptor, Daniel Johnston. In the years since, Bill has taught and continued his art practice at several long term artist residencies – most recently at Township10 in Marshall, NC. Bill now lives above his studio in Winston-Salem, NC with his dog Joey.
Stefani Threet (Philadelphia, PA) is a ceramic artist, mentor, and community organizer whose work explores themes of cultural identity, utility, and connection. Utilizing atmospheric firing processes to reflect the unpredictability and emotional depth of lived experience, she honors imperfection, and reclaims the ceramic object as a vessel for truth, history, and radical imagination. Stefani has over 15 years of experience as an art educator, is the founder of Philadelphia’s first Black woman-owned ceramic gallery Ceramic Concept, served as a program manager for Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program, and has been awarded several residencies by institutions across the United States. Her work is featured in museum shops and galleries nationwide.
Please join us in welcoming these two spectacular artists as they share about their experiences, artistic practices, and processes through a free artist talk, with time afterward for questions.
A dinosaur kid from rural Pennsylvania who would later drop out of a graduate architecture program to escape a digital future, Bill Jones eventually found his way to North Carolina and to clay. Bill started making pots first at Penland School of Craft and eventually in Seagrove, NC where he apprenticed with potter and sculptor, Daniel Johnston. In the years since, Bill has taught and continued his art practice at several long term artist residencies – most recently at Township10 in Marshall, NC. Bill now lives above his studio in Winston-Salem, NC with his dog Joey.
Stefani Threet (Philadelphia, PA) is a ceramic artist, mentor, and community organizer whose work explores themes of cultural identity, utility, and connection. Utilizing atmospheric firing processes to reflect the unpredictability and emotional depth of lived experience, she honors imperfection, and reclaims the ceramic object as a vessel for truth, history, and radical imagination. Stefani has over 15 years of experience as an art educator, is the founder of Philadelphia’s first Black woman-owned ceramic gallery Ceramic Concept, served as a program manager for Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program, and has been awarded several residencies by institutions across the United States. Her work is featured in museum shops and galleries nationwide.
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